Imperial Centre for Geohazards

Investigating the recent eruptive history of Popocatepetl using geological field work and geochemical and petrological analyses (NERC funded research by C. Petrone, J. Prytulak and PhD student M. Mangler)

The state-of-the-art modeling platform developed in the AMCG by Matthew Piggott and coworkers allows scenario modeling of potential tsunami, in this case for a case based on the gigantic historic underwater Storegga slide that left tsunami deposits in Scotland.

Our Centre brings together Imperial and Natural History Museum researchers working on a wide range of natural hazards, including: earthquakes, volcanism, landslides, tsunami, and impacts.

Our research ranges from improving understanding of the source mechanisms to assessing hazard and risk, to mitigation of the consequences.

We develop and use state-of-the-art numerical modelling techniques as well as using advanced geological, geophysical, remote sensing and geochemical data collection and analysis techniques.